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“Naota's mundane life explodes into interplanetary war after alien Vespa girl hits him with bass guitar.”
FLCL
フリクリ
7.74
1,693 rank · 5,182 readers · 166 favorites
Shounen
Comedy
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Naota's mundane life explodes into interplanetary war after alien Vespa girl hits him with bass guitar.
Naota's life is not simple. He lives with his eccentric father and grandfather in a city distinguished by a gigantic hand-iron shaped factory perched on a hill. His brother's ex-girlfriend makes passes at him. And to top it all off, an impish, playful alien has run him over with her Vespa and smacked him in the head with a bass guitar! Little does he know that this is only the beginning of his involvement in an interplanetary ideological war. (Source: Tokyopop)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 5
σ 2.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Jun 2020 → May 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “FLCL is special. There is no anime like FLCL, there has never been an anime like FLCL, and there never will be an anime like FLCL. This isn’t an anime, though. This is a light novel. So, what...”
- 5 “This series is massively overrated. FLCL is basically a series that follows that Seinfeld motto of being "a show about nothing", because there isn't really a plot here, and while yes, the Atomsk...”
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Medium · 100%
Long · 0%
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 24 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 12m approx
- Published Jun 2000 – Mar 2001
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M5797 catalog